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Outstanding Publisher Participation Elevates Project MUSE S2O Program

By Project MUSE January 23, 2024

As of January 2024, the number of participating publishers has reached 24 publishers representing 88 journals and is still growing. 

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Project MUSE Accelerates Move to Open Access with Publisher S2O Commitments

By Project MUSE October 30, 2023

Fifty journals from more than 20 publishers are confirmed to date for participation in Project MUSE's Subscribe to Open program - coming in 2025 - with more expected to join before the end of this year.

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Project MUSE 2024 Frontlist Collections Offer Fast Access to New Academic Books

By Project MUSE October 25, 2023

The Annual Frontlist Collections from Project MUSE offer libraries the earliest access to newly-published books from the more than 200 university press and related scholarly publishers who participate in MUSE book collections. The 2024 collections are now available for purchase, with the Complete Annual Frontlist collection guaranteed to include over 2,300 new releases.

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Journal Single Title Subscriptions on Project MUSE: Calendar Year 2024 Update

By Project MUSE September 25, 2023

Hundreds of peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences are available for single title subscription on the Project MUSE platform, representing the best scholarship from university presses, scholarly societies, and related not-for-profit publishers. Following are some updates to single title subscriptions on MUSE for the 2024 calendar year.

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Available Now: 2024 PLUS+ Package of Hosted Journals on MUSE

By Project MUSE September 1, 2023

Libraries can expand access to timely and trusted scholarship with the Project MUSE Journals PLUS+ Package, a large bundle of journal titles that are part of the journal hosting program on the MUSE platform, and are not included in any of MUSE's curated journal collections. The package is an affordable and convenient way to add vital, current, peer-reviewed literature to a library’s collection, and support academy-owned and independent non-profit publishers.

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Big Ten Open Books Collection Now Available on Project MUSE

By Project MUSE July 31, 2023

Project MUSE is pleased to host the newly-launched Gender and Sexuality Studies collection of open access book titles, from the Big Ten Open Books project. 

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Project MUSE Launches Initiative for Broad Expansion of Latin American University Press Books

By Project MUSE June 16, 2023

Project MUSE will greatly expand the Spanish and Portuguese language book content on our platform, via partnerships with a large number of distinguished university presses from Latin America. New and recent backlist titles will be available to libraries worldwide through MUSE's DRM-free purchase models.

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Project MUSE Announces Strategic Organizational Changes

By Project MUSE May 16, 2023

For nearly 30 years, Project MUSE has been the trusted and reliable source for access to essential humanities and social science research, as an integral part of the scholarly communications ecosystem and platform of choice for respected not-for-profit publishers. As we approach our third decade, we are pleased to announce several enhancements to the organization which expand our capacity and reach, while supporting our strategic priorities and our commitment to equity and inclusion.

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Project MUSE Journal Publishers Offer Free Access for Low-Income Countries

By Project MUSE March 30, 2023

Project MUSE and its participating publishers are pleased to announce a program to provide free access to selected journal titles in many low-income countries. All available volumes and issues from more than 250 titles are now available for free access to any individual from 19 countries.

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Project MUSE Hosts New Interactive, Open-Access, Born-Digital Chapter

By Project MUSE January 3, 2023

Chapter from A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures provides a pathway for further discovery of the groundbreaking born-digital Islamic studies publication, a collaboration between the MIT Press and Brown University Digital Publications.

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Project MUSE offer for Subscribe to Open (S2O) journals targeted for 2025

By Project MUSE October 27, 2022

Following a year of research and community engagement funded by a planning grant from the Mellon Foundation’s Public Knowledge Program, Project MUSE is preparing a Subscribe to Open (S2O) offer across multiple journal titles and participating publishers that will begin with the 2025 calendar year subscription term.

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Project MUSE Books 2023 Frontlist Collections Now Available

By Project MUSE October 20, 2022

The 2023 Annual Frontlist Collections of books on Project MUSE are now available for purchase, with a 20% early bird discount offered on purchases through February 2023. The Annual Frontlist Collections offer libraries the earliest access to newly-published books from the more than 200 university press and related scholarly publishers who participate in MUSE book collections. The 2023 Complete Annual Frontlist collection is guaranteed to include over 2,700 new releases, an increase of nearly 300 titles over the 2022 collection.

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Project MUSE Welcomes University of Toronto Press Books to the Platform

By Project MUSE September 30, 2022

Project MUSE is pleased to announce an expansion of its relationship with the University of Toronto Press

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Available Now: 2023 Premium Plus Package of Hosted Journals On Project MUSE

By Project MUSE September 22, 2022

The Project MUSE Premium Plus Package provides access to a large bundle of journal titles that are part of the journal hosting program on the MUSE platform

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Open Access Monographs: An Aggregator’s Perspective

By Project MUSE August 9, 2022

Explore an article by Project MUSE's Publisher Relations Manager Phil Hearn, on questions surrounding Open Access (OA) monographs and Project MUSE

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Wendy Queen Joins the Association of University Presses Board

By Project MUSE June 21, 2022

Director of Project MUSE looks forward to representing MUSE & partner publishers

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90 Journals Migrate to MUSE as their new hosting platform

By Project MUSE May 13, 2022

MUSE's hosted journal offerings have doubled, giving libraries further flexibility and control over subscriptions

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Project MUSE Welcomes Matthew Treskon as Metadata Strategist

By Project MUSE April 13, 2022

MUSE's new metadata strategist will work and liaison with our library customers and discovery partners

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CEU Press provides free access to ten titles on Ukraine

By Project MUSE March 1, 2022

CEU Press makes its most pertinent titles on Ukraine and its neighbors freely available on the Project MUSE platform.

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Register for MUSE Meets 2022: Connect & Innovate!

By Project MUSE February 22, 2022

Over 200 people have already registered to attend MUSE Meets 2022! Registration is FREE, and all sessions will be open to any individuals with an interest in digital scholarship.

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Black History Bulletin Now Hosted on Project MUSE

By Project MUSE February 8, 2022

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, widely known as the founders of Black History Month, has selected Project MUSE to host its journal, Black History Bulletin. 

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Save the Dates! MUSE Meets 2022, April 5-6

By Project MUSE November 18, 2021

We are pleased to announce that MUSE Meets 2022, a free and open virtual gathering focused on not-for-profit scholarly humanities and social science publishing, connecting the publisher, librarian, and researcher communities that MUSE serves, will take place on April 5-6, 2022!

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Two More Renowned University Presses Select Project MUSE as Their Journals Platform

By Project MUSE November 8, 2021

MUSE will host five additional titles from University of Minnesota Press and three from the Wayne State University Press, making the MUSE platform the home for all subscription journals from both publishers.

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Project MUSE Books Frontlist Collections For 2022 Now Available

By Project MUSE October 21, 2021

Pricing is available and orders may now be placed for the 2022 frontlist collections of books on Project MUSE. 

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Indiana University Press Chooses Project MUSE As Its Journals Platform

By Project MUSE October 13, 2021

With the addition of eight journals in 2022, all of IUP's subscription titles will be on the MUSE platform, with fulfillment handled by the Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Project MUSE Launches A New MUSE in Focus: Humanity's "Code Red" On Climate Change

By Project MUSE October 1, 2021

Project MUSE today launches a new MUSE in Focus on its digital platform, “MUSE in Focus: Humanity’s “Code Red” on Climate Change.”

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Now Available: Project MUSE Books Custom Collections

By Project MUSE September 28, 2021

Project MUSE is excited to announce a flexible and cost-effective new way to acquire scholarly books on the platform. MUSE Books Custom Collections allow libraries ultimate choice, to design a collection that meets their needs and their budgets.

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Royal Irish Academy Journals to be Hosted on Project MUSE

By Project MUSE September 8, 2021

The Royal Irish Academy has chosen the Project MUSE platform to host their journals, beginning in 2022. 

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Modern Humanities Research Association Chooses Project MUSE to Host Journals

By Project MUSE August 19, 2021

Project MUSE is delighted to announce that, beginning in 2022, five subscription journals from the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) will be hosted on the MUSE platform. 

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Project MUSE introduces AI-based links, powered by UNSILO, for related content

By Project MUSE June 21, 2021

Project MUSE partners with UNSILO (a brand of CACTUS) to offer AI-generated content recommendations. UNSILO recently completed the initial indexing of the Project MUSE content collection and enhanced related content recommendations appear throughout the platform.


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Project MUSE receives Mellon Foundation grant to study “Subscribe to Open” model for OA journals

By Project MUSE May 24, 2021

Project MUSE has received a $75,000 planning grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Public Knowledge Program to study the innovative business model for open access journal publishing known as “Subscribe to Open.” MUSE Open: S2O will assess how Subscribe to Open (S2O) might be coordinated across multiple journals and publishers—the potential pilot could transform access to humanities and social sciences journals.

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More Journals Migrating To Project MUSE Platform

By Project MUSE February 17, 2021

Project MUSE is pleased to announce seven additional journal titles now available on our platform.

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Open For Business: CEU Press Opening The Future Goes Live

By Project MUSE January 21, 2021

Project MUSE Serves as Host Platform for New Initiative

Central European University (CEU) Press, in partnership with COPIM, is pleased to announce that our Opening the Future initiative is now fully live, and member access to the programme’s curated backlist of books is available from Tuesday 19th January, through Project MUSE.

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Project MUSE Announces “MUSE in Focus: Roots of the Attack on Democracy”

By Project MUSE January 20, 2021

A selection of scholarship from Project MUSE publishers exploring the political and societal forces that built up to the violence of January 6th.

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CELJ Awards go to Four Journals on MUSE

By Project MUSE January 19, 2021

Four Project MUSE journals are recipients of awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ), presented during the 2021 Modern Language Association (MLA) meeting earlier this month. 

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Updates To 2021 Project MUSE Journal Collections

By Project MUSE January 13, 2021

New Additions, Title Status Changes

Project MUSE is pleased to announce four additional titles that will be joining its Premium Collection of journals for 2021. Acta Koreana, Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social History, Urban History Review, and The Yale Review join two previously-announced titles - The French Review and T’ang Studies - bringing the total number of new additions to the Premium Collection to six journals.

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Join Project MUSE In Envisioning What's Next For Scholarly Communication

By Project MUSE January 5, 2021

What are the urgent issues facing publishers and librarians? What threats and opportunities will shape the future of digital publishing in the humanities and social sciences? What areas call for better communication and shared understanding?

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Project MUSE Announces New Subject Collections, Additional Publishers For 2021 Book Collections

By Project MUSE October 27, 2020

Project MUSE will offer five new subject collections, along with titles from eight additional publishers, in its book collections for the 2021 calendar year. The 2021 Complete collection is expected to be 7% larger than the prior year – offering nearly 3,000 newly-published books, about 200 more than the 2020 Complete. By the end of 2021, the Book Collections on Project MUSE will offer well over 68,000 titles, from more than 200 distinguished university presses and related not-for-profit publishers, providing a wealth of essential, vetted, reliable digital scholarship to libraries, researchers, instructors, and students worldwide.

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CEU Press Announces Innovative OA Funding Model

By Project MUSE October 21, 2020

The Central European University Press (CEUP) announces that it is transitioning to an open access (OA) monograph programme through its new library subscription membership initiative, Opening the Future. CEUP will provide access to portions of their highly-regarded backlist and use the revenue from members’ subscriptions to allow the frontlist to be OA from the date of publication. The Press is working with the Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) project. Project MUSE will serve as hosting platform for the subscription packages and new OA titles.

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Project MUSE to Re-Launch Enhanced Journal Hosting Service

By Project MUSE October 6, 2020

Project MUSE is pleased to announce expanded and enhanced journal hosting services for 2021. Originally introduced in 2015, MUSE’s hosting service has provided an option for publishers to place journals on the MUSE platform outside of its renowned Journal Collections ProgramProject MUSE will introduce new, streamlined hosting fees for 2021 in order to make the services more accessible to a wider variety of non-profit publishers. 

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Project MUSE Launches a Virtual 25th Anniversary Celebration

By Project MUSE September 29, 2020

After a pause for the pandemic, Project MUSE is proceeding with the launch of a long-planned anniversary website that collects the stories and celebrates the milestones of “25 years supporting digital scholarship.”   The anniversary website features a new video, a timeline of the platform’s evolution and growth, and reflections from 25 current and former staff members and associates. It also includes a new read-for-free curated selection of MUSE content from a variety of publishers called “MUSE in Focus: Charting the Digital Humanities.

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COVID-19 and World Order: The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation

By Project MUSE September 10, 2020

How will the World Order be altered by Covid-19? Read what visionary leaders across broad specialities have to say, in a new open access book from Johns Hopkins University Press, available on MUSE.

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Seven Journals Now Hosted on Project MUSE

By Project MUSE August 17, 2020

Project MUSE is pleased to share information about seven more journal titles now hosted on our platform. These titles are not included in MUSE Journal Collections, but are either open access or available to institutions as individual title subscriptions.

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Getty Publications Joins Project MUSE

By Project MUSE July 8, 2020

(June 7, 2020) Getty Publications, the award-winning publisher affiliated with J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Research Institute and Getty Conservation Institute, has joined Project MUSE with the goal of providing academic libraries with broader and easier access to a selection of its highly regarded art and art history publications.

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Aarhus University Press Joins Project MUSE

By Project MUSE June 25, 2020

Aarhus University Press has joined Project MUSE with the goal of making available to academic libraries their full list of highly regarded books in archaeology, anthropology, arts, and many other humanities and social sciences disciplines. Both front and backlist titles from Aarhus University Press will be available as part of Project MUSE's ebook collections beginning in January 2021.

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Over 50 Publishers Offering Free Content on MUSE, Discovery Tools Now Available

By Project MUSE March 26, 2020

In the past week, Project MUSE has partnered with the community of not-for-profit scholarly presses providing journals and books on our platform to offer significant amounts of that content for free. More than 50 publishers have chosen to temporarily make content freely available to assist with access for the many students, faculty, and researchers now working remotely due to the global public health crisis of COVID-19.

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Publishers Provide Scholarly Content Free on Project MUSE During COVID-19 Crisis

By Project MUSE March 18, 2020

In response to the challenges created by the global public health crisis of COVID-19, Project MUSE is pleased to support its participating publishers in making scholarly content temporarily available for free on our platform.

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COVID-19: A message for our customers

By Project MUSE March 16, 2020

Amid ongoing concern about COVID-19, Project MUSE’s top priority is the health and safety of our employees. We are all currently doing well, and we very much hope you are too. We understand the concern and uncertainty you may be experiencing around this evolving situation, and we want to assure you that we are committed to being responsive to all of our customers' needs.

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MUSE announces 2020 books collections, new publishers

By Project MUSE October 21, 2019

Pricing and other details are now available for all of Project MUSE’s 2020 book collections. By the end of the 2020 calendar year, MUSE will host over 63,000 titles from more than 120 distinguished not-for-profit publishers from around the world. Our 2020 Complete collection will offer nearly 3,000 newly-published humanities and social science titles from our expanding group of university presses, scholarly societies, academic centers, and related global publisher participants.

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New Participating Publishers for MUSE Book Collections, 2019 Pricing Available

By Project MUSE November 21, 2018

Project MUSE is pleased to welcome four additional publishers contributing titles to our Book Collections on MUSE for 2019. Arc Humanities Press, Harvard University Asia Center Publications Program, University of Missouri/Missouri Review Books, and University of Tampa Press books will be available on the MUSE platform starting next year, joining nearly 58,000 titles from more than 100 distinguished university presses and related scholarly publishers in the humanities and social sciences.

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Project MUSE offers nearly 300 "HTML5" open access books on redesigned platform

By Project MUSE September 20, 2018

Nearly 300 open access (OA) books are now available from Project MUSE, the highly-acclaimed online collection of humanities and social science scholarship, on a newly designed platform that represents a major step forward in OA publishing in these fields.

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Project MUSE Releases Newly Redesigned Web Presence

By Project MUSE June 14, 2018

Project MUSE’s newly redesigned website is now live.